Socialization is a lifelong process by which individuals are educated to function effectively as people of a community. It covers the techniques through which community members come to grasp social standards and expectations, embrace social ideas, and develop an awareness of social values. Socialization demonstrates the degree to which human or people and their social contexts are inextricably linked. Socialization teaches individuals how to perform well in their social environments. Therefore, this acquisition occurs due to interactions with various socialization agents, such as peers and official and unstructured institutional arrangements.
The socializing elements in an individual’s development are the factors that influence who they are and how they behave in the societal structure. Agents of socialization such as family and friends are primary agents people engage regularly and whose viewpoints are valued the most. Secondary agents are those with whom people have causal connections, such as colleagues at work. These socialization mechanisms have contributed to an institutionalized system of inequality in a range of ways. For instance, if an individual’s family is supportive, the individual will develop confidence; otherwise, they would feel vulnerable.
Conflict theory views social relationships as a contest and is concerned with resource allocation, power systems, and inequalities. The theory presupposes that communities have structural power imbalances and resource disparities, which result in opposing ideologies.
Nevertheless, the creation of conflicts is a relatively rare occurrence, as it depends on the accumulation of power and the social structure of social entities. These actors add to an institutionalized system of socioeconomic inequality, as no student’s life circumstances will ever be identical. Therefore, this successfully socializes and raises children to take on the same types of employment as their guardians, perpetuating the class structure.